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The No. 60 Michael Shank Racing entry is in a heated Grand-Am Series DP points battle with Starworks Motorsports. Photo by LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC

Michael Shank Racing returns to home track at Mid-Ohio in thick of championship hunt

June 5, 2012

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Michael Shank Racing won the first race on his 2012 Grand-Am Series schedule, the 50th-anniversary running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona on Jan. 28-29.

This weekend, the Columbus, Ohio-based car owner has another big event, this time as his home track for Saturday's EMCO Gears Classic Grand-Am Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.

Ozz Negri and John Pew drive the No. 60 LiveOn.com Ford Riley for Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian, which has its shops in the east Columbus suburb of Pataskala.

“This will be our first race at home as Rolex 24 champions, so we are all really looking forward to a strong run on Saturday,” Shank said. “It's great to be going back to Mid-Ohio second in the team championship.”

NASCAR Sprint Cup driver A.J. Allmendinger and IndyCar's Justin Wilson joined Negri and Pew in winning at Daytona. Pew and Negri are tied for third in the Grand-Am DP driver standings, four points behind leaders Ryan Dalziel and Enzo Potolicchio.

Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian is second behind Starworks Motorsport in the team championship (142-138).

After finishing eighth and seventh in the second and third races of the season, Pew and Negri rebounded by placing third at New Jersey and fifth on June 2 at Detroit Belle Isle.

“You have to just keep fighting in this series,” Shank said. “We want to keep executing and making the most of every weekend.”